ferrous oxide
a black powder, FeO, insoluble in water, soluble in acid.
Origin of ferrous oxide
1- Also called iron monoxide.
Words Nearby ferrous oxide
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How to use ferrous oxide in a sentence
Calculate the percentage as ferrous oxide, unless there are reasons to the contrary, also calculate its weight as ferric oxide.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThe iron found is multiplied by 1.286, and reported as ferrous oxide.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThus iron protoxide is now generally known as ferrous oxide, and iron peroxide as ferric oxide.
Heroes of Science | M. M. Pattison MuirA little more, and I won't know whether I'm a nitrous sulphide or a ferrous oxide of bromo seltzer.
Torchy, Private Sec. | Sewell FordIn a reducing atmosphere, on the contrary, ferrous oxide readily forms and attacks the clay, forming a dark grey vitreous mass.
The Natural History of Clay | Alfred B. Searle
Scientific definitions for ferrous oxide
A black powder used to make steel, green heat-absorbing glass, and enamels. Chemical formula: FeO.
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